Some other covid19 visualizations:

https://coronavirus.1point3acres.com/

https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/map.html

# data source https://www.census.gov/data/datasets/time-series/demo/popest/2010s-state-total.html and wikipedia
df_population <- data.frame(
  state = c("AK", "AL", "AR", "AS", "AZ", "CA", "CO", "CT", "DC", "DE", "FL", 
            "GA", "GU", "HI", "IA", "ID", "IL", "IN", "KS", "KY", "LA", "MA", 
            "MD", "ME", "MI", "MN", "MO", "MP", "MS", "MT", "NC", "ND", "NE", 
            "NH", "NJ", "NM", "NV", "NY", "OH", "OK", "OR", "PA", "PR", "RI", 
            "SC", "SD", "TN", "TX", "UT", "VA", "VI", "VT", "WA", "WI", "WV", "WY"),
  population = c(731545, 4903185, 3017804, 55465 , 7278717, 39512223, 5758736, 3565287, 705749, 973764, 21477737,
                 10617423, 165768, 1415872, 3155070, 1787065, 12671821, 6732219, 2913314, 4467673, 4648794, 6892503, 
                 6045680, 1344212,  9986857, 5639632, 6137428, 56882, 2976149, 1068778, 10488084, 762062, 1934408,
                 1359711, 8882190, 2096829, 3080156, 19453561, 11689100, 3956971, 4217737, 12801989, 3193694, 1059361,
                 5148714, 884659, 6829174, 28995881, 3205958, 8535519, 106977 , 623989, 7614893, 5822434, 1792147, 578759)
)

# The Atlantic Monthly Group (CC BY-NC 4.0)
# source: https://covidtracking.com/api

df_states <- fread("https://covidtracking.com/api/v1/states/daily.csv") %>% 
               replace(is.na(.), 0) %>%
               inner_join(df_population, by = "state")%>%
               mutate(date = as.Date(as.character(date), "%Y%m%d"))

tableau10 <- as.list(ggthemes_data[["tableau"]][["color-palettes"]][["regular"]][[1]][,2])$value
first_day <- as.Date("2020-03-15") # to select a date
today <-  as.Date(toString(max(df_states$date)))
  
kable(head(df_states, n = 3))
date state positive negative pending hospitalizedCurrently hospitalizedCumulative inIcuCurrently inIcuCumulative onVentilatorCurrently onVentilatorCumulative recovered dataQualityGrade lastUpdateEt dateModified checkTimeEt death hospitalized dateChecked totalTestsViral positiveTestsViral negativeTestsViral positiveCasesViral deathConfirmed deathProbable fips positiveIncrease negativeIncrease total totalTestResults totalTestResultsIncrease posNeg deathIncrease hospitalizedIncrease hash commercialScore negativeRegularScore negativeScore positiveScore score grade population
2020-08-08 AK 4373 269220 0 37 0 0 0 4 0 1254 A 8/8/2020 00:00 2020-08-08T00:00:00Z 08/07 20:00 26 0 2020-08-08T00:00:00Z 273593 4195 265804 4373 26 0 2 85 4657 273593 273593 4742 273593 1 0 d36942d4821a56c98f553b370030b1c9a7855aa0 0 0 0 0 0 0 731545
2020-08-08 AL 98387 651115 0 1575 11537 0 1228 0 661 37923 B 8/8/2020 11:00 2020-08-08T11:00:00Z 08/08 07:00 1735 11537 2020-08-08T11:00:00Z 745942 0 0 94827 1674 61 1 86 0 749502 749502 86 749502 0 0 191408bfa1ca5e4acff71a3f24bdbbd1f77a1581 0 0 0 0 0 0 4903185
2020-08-08 AR 48039 503484 0 523 3223 0 0 116 435 40360 A 8/7/2020 15:30 2020-08-07T15:30:00Z 08/07 11:30 521 3223 2020-08-07T15:30:00Z 551523 0 0 48039 0 0 5 0 0 551523 551523 0 551523 0 55 6181b7daad8c774aebf66f353d6fd0a3baa23869 0 0 0 0 0 0 3017804

Rhode Island (as I live in RI now)

df_states %>% filter(state == "RI") %>%
    ggplot() + 
      geom_label(x = first_day, y = 650, color = "darkgray", label = "total positive", size = 2, hjust = 0) + 
      geom_text(mapping = aes(x = date, y = 600, label = positive), color = "darkgray", size = 2, angle = 90, hjust = 0)+ 
      #geom_label(x = first_day, y = 800, color = "black", label = "death", size = 2, hjust = 0) + 
      geom_label(x = first_day, y = 550, color = tableau10[2], label = "positiveIncrease", size = 2, hjust = 0) + 
      geom_label(x = first_day, y = 500, color = tableau10[1], label = "hospitalizedCurrently", size = 2, hjust = 0) + 
      # geom_line(mapping = aes(x = date, y = death), alpha = 0.7, color = "black", size = LINE_SIZE) + 
      # geom_text(mapping = aes(x = date - 0.5, y = death + 10, label = death), color = "black", size = 1.5) + 
      # geom_point(mapping = aes(x = date, y = death), color = "black", shape = 10) + 
      geom_line(mapping = aes(x = date, y = hospitalizedCurrently), alpha = 0.7, color = tableau10[1], size = LINE_SIZE) + 
      geom_text(mapping = aes(x = date - 0.5, y = hospitalizedCurrently + 10, label = hospitalizedCurrently), color =  tableau10[1], size = 1.5) + 
      geom_point(mapping = aes(x = date, y = hospitalizedCurrently), color = tableau10[1], shape = 15) + 
      geom_line(mapping = aes(x = date, y = positiveIncrease), alpha = 0.7, color = tableau10[2], size = LINE_SIZE) + 
      geom_text(mapping = aes(x = date - 0.5, y = positiveIncrease + 10, label = positiveIncrease), color =  tableau10[2], size = 1.5)+ 
      geom_point(mapping = aes(x = date, y = positiveIncrease), color = tableau10[2]) + 
      scale_x_date(limits = c(first_day, today), breaks = seq(first_day, today, by = "day")) + 
      xlab("Date") + ylab("") + ggtitle("RI")

US - all states

df_states %>% group_by(date) %>%
    summarise(positiveIncrease = sum(positiveIncrease), hospitalizedCurrently = sum(hospitalizedCurrently), total = sum(positive)) %>% 
    ungroup() %>%
    ggplot() + 
     geom_label(x = first_day, y = 68000, color = "darkgray", label = "total positive: ", size = 2, hjust = 0) +
     geom_text(mapping = aes(x = date, y = 70000, label = total), color = "darkgray", size = 2, angle = 90, hjust = 0) +
     geom_label(x = first_day, y = 50000, color = tableau10[1], label = "hospitalizedCurrently", size = 2, hjust = 0) +
     geom_label(x = first_day, y = 55000, color = tableau10[2], label = "positiveIncrease", size = 2, hjust = 0) +
     geom_line(mapping = aes(x = date, y = hospitalizedCurrently), alpha = 0.7, color = tableau10[1], size = LINE_SIZE) +
     geom_text(mapping = aes(x = date - 0.5, y = hospitalizedCurrently + 1000, label = hospitalizedCurrently), color =  tableau10[1], size = 1.5) +
     geom_point(mapping = aes(x = date, y = hospitalizedCurrently), color = tableau10[1], shape = 15) +
     geom_line(mapping = aes(x = date, y = positiveIncrease), alpha = 0.7, color = tableau10[2], size = LINE_SIZE) +
     geom_text(mapping = aes(x = date - 0.5, y = positiveIncrease + 1000, label = positiveIncrease), color =  tableau10[2], size = 1.5) +
     geom_point(mapping = aes(x = date, y = positiveIncrease), color = tableau10[2]) +
     scale_x_date(limits = c(first_day, today), breaks = seq(first_day, today, by = "day")) +
     xlab("Date") + ylab("") + ggtitle("US - positiveIncrease & hospitalizedCurrently")

US - daily top-3 contributors

If a state has been a top 3 contributor

as_top <- df_states %>%
    filter(date > first_day)%>%
    mutate(str_date = as.character(date))%>%
    group_by(str_date) %>%
    arrange(positiveIncrease, by_group = TRUE)%>%
    slice_tail(n = 3) %>%
    ungroup() %>%
    summarise(unique(state))
as_top <- unlist(as_top)
    
df_states %>%
    filter(state %in% as_top) %>%
    ggplot() +
      stat_steamgraph(mapping = aes(x = date, y = positiveIncrease, group = state, fill = state))  +
      scale_x_date(limits = c(first_day, today), breaks = seq(first_day, today, by = "week"))  +
      scale_y_continuous(breaks = seq(-20000, 20000, by = 5000), labels = c("20000", "15000", "10000", "5000", "0", "5000", "10000", "15000", "20000")) +
      scale_fill_tableau(palette = "Tableau 20") +
      xlab("Date") + ylab("positiveIncrease") + ggtitle("If a state was a top-3 contributor")

US - positiveIncrease by state

num_lag <- 21

find_coef <- function(x, y){
  m <- lm(y ~ x)
  return(coef(m)[2])
}


df_colors <-  df_states %>%
  group_by(state)%>%
  arrange(date, .by_group = TRUE) %>%
  slice_tail(n = num_lag) %>% # last N days
  summarise(trend_coef = find_coef(date, positiveIncrease)) %>% 
  mutate(trend_color = ifelse(trend_coef > 0, "increasing", ifelse(trend_coef < 0, "decreasing", "stable"))) %>% 
  ungroup()%>%
  replace(is.na(.), 0) %>%
  select(state, trend_coef, trend_color) 
 
  
df_states %>% 
    inner_join(df_colors, by = "state") %>%
    ggplot() +
      geom_smooth(mapping = aes(x = date, y = positiveIncrease), color = "gray", alpha = 0.3, method = "loess", size = LINE_SIZE) +
      geom_line(mapping = aes(x = date, y = positiveIncrease, color = trend_color), alpha = 0.7, size = LINE_SIZE) +
      geom_point(mapping = aes(x = date, y = positiveIncrease, color = trend_color), size = 1) +
      scale_x_date(limits = c(first_day, today), breaks = seq(first_day, today, by = "week")) +
      scale_colour_tableau() +
      facet_wrap(state ~ ., ncol = 6, scales = "free") +
      xlab("Date") + ylab("") + ggtitle("US - positiveIncrease by state, colored by the trend of last 21 days")

df_states %>% 
    inner_join(df_colors, by = "state") %>%
    mutate(positiveIncreasePerMillion = positiveIncrease / population * 1000000)%>%
    ggplot() +
      geom_smooth(mapping = aes(x = date, y = positiveIncreasePerMillion), color = "gray", alpha = 0.3, method = "loess", size = LINE_SIZE) +
      geom_line(mapping = aes(x = date, y = positiveIncreasePerMillion, color = trend_color), alpha = 0.7, size = LINE_SIZE) +
      geom_point(mapping = aes(x = date, y = positiveIncreasePerMillion, color = trend_color), size = 1) +
      scale_y_continuous(limits = c(0, 600), breaks = seq(0, 600, by = 150)) +
      scale_x_date(limits = c(first_day, today), breaks = seq(first_day, today, by = "week")) +
      scale_colour_tableau() +
      facet_wrap(state ~ ., ncol = 6, scales = "free")  +
      xlab("Date") + ylab("") + ggtitle("US - positiveIncreasePerMillion by state, colored by the trend of last 21 days")

US - hospitalizedCurrently by state

df_states %>% 
    ggplot() +
      geom_smooth(mapping = aes(x = date, y = hospitalizedCurrently), color = "gray", alpha = 0.3, method = "loess", size = LINE_SIZE) +
      geom_line(mapping = aes(x = date, y = hospitalizedCurrently), alpha = 0.7, color = tableau10[3], size = LINE_SIZE) +
      geom_point(mapping = aes(x = date, y = hospitalizedCurrently), color = tableau10[3], size = 1) +
      scale_x_date(limits = c(first_day, today), breaks = seq(first_day, today, by = "week")) +
      facet_wrap(state ~ ., ncol = 6, scales = "free") +
      xlab("Date") + ylab("") + ggtitle("US - hospitalizedCurrently by state")

US - dailyTestPositiveRate against overallTestedPopulationRate

df_pr <- df_states %>% 
    mutate(testPositiveRate = positiveIncrease / totalTestResultsIncrease, testedPopulationRate = totalTestResults / population) %>%
    filter(testPositiveRate > 0 & testPositiveRate < 1) # rm buggy data to allow log scales
  
df_pr_colors <-  df_pr %>%
  group_by(state)%>%
  arrange(date, .by_group = TRUE) %>%
  slice_tail(n = num_lag) %>% # last N days
  summarise(trend_coef = find_coef(date, testPositiveRate)) %>% 
  mutate(trend_color = ifelse(trend_coef > 0, "increasing", ifelse(trend_coef < 0, "decreasing", "stable"))) %>% 
  ungroup()%>%
  replace(is.na(.), 0) %>%
  select(state, trend_coef, trend_color) 

df_pr %>%
 inner_join(df_pr_colors, by = "state") %>%
 ggplot() +
    geom_smooth(mapping = aes(x = testedPopulationRate, y = testPositiveRate), color = "gray", alpha = 0.3, method = "loess", size = LINE_SIZE) +
    geom_line(mapping = aes(x = testedPopulationRate, y = testPositiveRate, color = trend_color), alpha = 0.7, size = LINE_SIZE) +
    geom_point(mapping = aes(x = testedPopulationRate, y = testPositiveRate, color = trend_color), size = 1) +
    scale_x_continuous(limits = c(0, 0.30), breaks = seq(0, 0.5, by = 0.02)) +
    scale_y_continuous(limits = c(0.001, 1), trans = 'log10', breaks = c(0.001, 0.01, 0.05, 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.5, 0.75, 1)) +
    scale_colour_tableau() +
    facet_wrap(state ~ ., ncol = 6, scales = "free")  +
    xlab("dailyTestPositiveRate") + ylab("overallTestedPopulationRate") + ggtitle("US - dailyTestPositiveRate against overallTestedPopulationRate")

US - death per 10k by state

df_states %>% 
    mutate(deathPer10K = death / population * 10000) %>%
    ggplot() +
     geom_line(mapping = aes(x = date, y = deathPer10K), alpha = 0.7, color = tableau10[3], size = LINE_SIZE) +
     geom_point(mapping = aes(x = date, y = deathPer10K), color = tableau10[3], size = 1) +
     scale_x_date(limits = c(first_day, today), breaks = seq(first_day, today, by = "week")) +
     scale_y_continuous(limits = c(0, 20), breaks = seq(0, 20, by = 5)) +
     facet_wrap(state ~ ., ncol = 6, scales = "free")  +
     xlab("date") + ylab("death per 10k") + ggtitle("US - death per 10k by state")

US - positive per 1k by state

df_states %>% 
    mutate(positivePerOneK = positive / population * 1000) %>%
    ggplot() +
      geom_line(mapping = aes(x = date, y = positivePerOneK), alpha = 0.7, color = tableau10[4], size = LINE_SIZE) +
      geom_point(mapping = aes(x = date, y = positivePerOneK), color = tableau10[4], size = 1) +
      scale_y_continuous(limits = c(0, 25), breaks = seq(0, 25, by = 5)) +
      scale_x_date(limits = c(first_day, today), breaks = seq(first_day, today, by = "week")) +
      facet_wrap(state ~ ., ncol = 6, scales = "free") +
      xlab("date") + ylab("") + ggtitle("US - positivePerOneK by state")

US - tested amount by state

df_states %>% 
    mutate(testResultsIncrease = positiveIncrease + negativeIncrease) %>%
    ggplot() +
      geom_smooth(mapping = aes(x = date, y = testResultsIncrease), color = "gray", alpha = 0.3, method = "loess", size = LINE_SIZE) +
      geom_line(mapping = aes(x = date, y = testResultsIncrease), alpha = 0.7, color = tableau10[7], size = LINE_SIZE) +
      geom_point(mapping = aes(x = date, y = testResultsIncrease), color = tableau10[7], size = 1) +
      scale_x_date(limits = c(first_day, today), breaks = seq(first_day, today, by = "week")) +
      facet_wrap(state ~ ., ncol = 6, scales = "free")  +
      xlab("date") + ylab("testResultsIncrease") + ggtitle("US - testResultsIncrease by state")